Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 02:23:57 +1100 (EST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Paul=20Jansen?= <vlaero@yahoo.com.au> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Diskless boot - almost there now I think Message-ID: <20000915152357.17970.qmail@web5101.mail.yahoo.com>
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I am having problems with diskless booting. I'm using
the frreebsd etherboot port. Here's my
/usr/local/etc/dhcpd.conf file for the ISC v2 DHCP
server:
# dhcpd.conf
# option definitions common to all supported
networks...
option domain-name "jansen.org";
option domain-name-servers 202.167.41.130;
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
default-lease-time 600;
max-lease-time 7200;
subnet 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range dynamic-bootp 192.168.0.10 192.168.0.20;
option routers 192.168.0.8;
option broadcast-address 192.168.0.255;
filename "/tftpboot/kernel.XWORKSTATION";
option root-path
"192.168.0.1:/usr/diskless/rootfs/xworkstation";
option option-128 "192.168.0.1:/usr/diskless/swap";
option option-176 5;
option option-160 "timeout=8:default=193:";
option option-192 "IJ2:::/tftpboot/kernel.ij2:";
option option-193
"XWORKSTATION:::/tftpboot/kernel.XWORKSTATION:";
}
my /etc/exports file has this line in it:
/usr -alldirs -maproot=0:0
edessa pico host10 host11 host12 host13
The last few messages that pop up on the diskless
systems screen are:
Mounting root from NFS:
NFS ROOT:
192.168.0.1:/usr/diskless/rootfs/xworkstation
NFS SWAP: 192.168.0.1:/usr/diskless/swap
The system sits here like this. I have tried this on
two different diskless boxes with the same result. I
have left them for up to 20 minutes but nothing
happens. I have to admit that I am fumbling my way
through this due to lack of a good resource on
diskless booting with freebsd. I'm not sure what's
meant to happen next. I don;t know if my filesystem
exported for the diskless machine is set up right
either.
Is freebsd diskless like netbsd in that if it doesn't
find an /etc/rc.conf file it drops to single user
mode?
Can someone help me with what is meant to happen next
and what I'm not doing right? I'm using 4.1R and a
kernel for the diskless machine compiled with the
following options:
# Kernel BOOTP support
options BOOTP # Use BOOTP to
obtain IP address/hostname
options BOOTP_NFSROOT # NFS mount root
filesystem using BOOTP info
options BOOTP_NFSV3 # Use NFS v3 to NFS
mount root
options BOOTP_COMPAT # Workaround for
broken bootp daemons.
Thanks.
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